Short bio: Kellan is a curiosity-driven self-motivated student in the department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Smith Engineering. As of May 1st 2026, Kellan joined the FEBUS lab as a MASc student and will work under the supervision of Prof. Francesco Ambrogi and Prof. Barbara da Silva. Project: Kellan’s research focuses on studying the hydrodynamic function of sharkskin denticles using advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) tools. As a first step, he has completed a careful preliminary study of the flow over a surface-mounted circular cylinder and successfully matched key results from the literature, validating his numerical approach. Building on this foundation, Kellan will employ Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) techniques to resolve the complex turbulent structures associated with sharkskin-inspired surfaces, leveraging high-performance computing resources provided by the Research Alliance Canada. ...

Short bio: Ahnaaf Khan is an mechatronics engineering student at Queen’s University very passionate about innovative solutions for climate change. Ahnaaf likes to spend his free time listening to music, training in Muay Thai, baking/cooking, taking photos, seeing friends, and reading. As of May 2025 Ahnaaf is a summer intern in the FEBUS lab focusing on course content development. Project: During the Summer of 2025 Ahnaaf worked in the FEBUS lab as a Course Content Developer. He helped in designing new instructional content for courses such as MREN 241 and MREN 230. Among the material he created are: ...